Chapter 14: An Apology Before Arrival
Ash begins to push Misty in the elevator to take them back to their rooms to get cleaned up before the seeing everyone again. They were still in the same clothes they were in yesterday, but this time Rilou was calm and asleep.
"Don't worry Nurse Joy I'll bring it back before we leave", Ash calls out.
"Don't worry about it Ash, hang on to it, I've got a feeling you'll need it", Joy replies.
The elevator reaches the top floor and as Ash and Misty step off they are ambushed by two Scizor, and a psychic attack coming from a Gardevior.
"Wahhhh!", Ash and Misty cry as they succumb to the attack.
When they open there eyes they see several trainers staring at them with their bloodshot eyes.
"Jii", A/N: a hard stare basically
"Guys, are you okay?, Dawn runs up to them and gives both of them a caring hug.
"Yes, we are now, now that Rilou is ok and not attacking all crazy like", Misty replied.
Everyone takes ten steps back in amazement, and is huddled in a corner scared out of their wits.
"It's ok, everyone he's asleep and under control, I think as long as he doesn't battle for the time being we should be fine until we can have a talk with the champ", Ash says confidently.
Everyone breathes a sigh of relief at the news.
"So how did the cleanup go, did anyone get hurt, did any Pokémon get hurt, I…", Ash asks Dawn with a petrified look.
"Ash its ok, no one got hurt, the ship is fine and everyone understands, this wasn't expected, don't worry about it. Plus it was thanks to your quick response to the situation that everyone was ok, and we should be arriving at the dock in about an hour according to the captain", Dawn explained.
"Dawn, Can you…?", Misty asked.
"Yes?"
"Can you take us to see the captain?", Ash finished.
"Sure."
Dawn begins leading the two of them up to the bridge, where they could speak to the captain in private.
*Knock, Knock*
"Enter", replied the voice.
Dawn leads Ash is Misty onto the bridge where the captain is monitoring the ship as they approach the dock.
"Captain?", asked Dawn.
"Yes, little missy what can I do for you?", replied the Captain.
Dawn steps to the side and reveals Ash and Misty standing behind her.
"Oh, is that the…", asked the Captain
"Yes, he is the one who caused all the trouble last night, and for that I'm very sorry", Ash apologized while giving a very deep bow.
"And if you shall allow I'd like to convey this to everyone aboard the ship," continued Ash.
The captain was shocked and just stood there for a moment.
"No son don't you worry about it, no one was hurt and plus you managed to quall the situation quickly without (too much of an) incident", replied the captain.
"Also I'd be happy to allow you the pleasure of doing so, now if you will follow me into my ready room", he continued.
"Yes", Ash and Misty said together.
"Number one you have the bridge; inform me once we get into range to begin docking", said the captain to another crew member standing on the bridge.
"Sir", he replied.
The first officer salutes and takes his position.
The captain leads Ash and Misty into a room down the hall from where they were, while Dawn heads back to meet up with Brock and May to convey the news.
An attention music plays
"Attention all hands and passengers this is the captain speaking," the captain said.
As he, Ash, Misty and Rilou appeared on a video screens across the ship.
"Now I know all of you are all shaken by last night's incident and probably the person who caused it is the last one you'd like to hear from, but… if you will just lend me your ears for a few minutes the opposing party would like to say a few words", the captain continued.
The captain steps aside so Ash can speak.
"Hello, everyone this is Ash Ketchum, I'm a trainer for the town of Pallet, and Rilou's trainer now as you know during the performance last night he went berserk and luckily no one got hurt, and for that I'm sorry", Ash said sympathetically.
As Ash gave the speech Rilou had awoken in Misty's lap.
"I'm very sorry that it happened and it still shows that I have a long way to go before I can become a true Pokémon master. If you will find it in your hearts to forgive not just Rilou, but me as well...", Ash continued before he stopped.
Ash was still bowing when Rilou appeared next to him on the table with tears in his eyes. He then fell on the table with his head down begging for forgiveness right beside Ash.
Suddenly the captain began clapping behind them, they could even hear some of the crew on the bridge clapping, and soon the whole ship was clapping for them. Ash and Rilou looked into each other's eyes and Rilou leaped into his arms hugging him with everything he had and suddenly began wailing. Ash stepped off the view screen and Misty came on,
"Everyone if you would like to see him we will be at the dining area, so if you'd like to join us…"
Misty rolled back and the captain came on again.
"Thank you everyone, we should be docking at Pokémon island in about half an hour so eat up, less all this food go to waste, and let's have a jolly good time", the Captain finished.
Everyone on the Ship: "YEAH!"
Ash and Misty began walking back to the dining area, with Rilou sitting on Misty's lap and Pikachu on Ash's shoulder while he pushed her wheelchair. They arrived at the dining area moments later and to their surprise the entire set of trainers that had come aboard were their waiting, and a roar of applause simply filled the room, Ash, Pikachu and Misty sighed in relief and Rilou sat on Misty's lap paws together and a sparkle in his eye.
Ash spotted Dawn, May, and Brock at a table nearby, and simply walked over in their direction. May looked up and saw them coming, Brock and Dawn followed seconds later. Ash pushed Misty up to the table and left them to go and retrieve their breakfast with Pikachu still on his shoulder. Misty began to explain what they had seen and what happened after they had left the party last night.
As Ash returned, Misty was just finishing up with the play-by-play for May, Dawn and Brock. He placed her tray down gently in front of her to allow her to eat.
"And that's what happened", Misty concluded.
"Wow, that's something," Brock, Dawn, and May said at once.
"Oh Ash by the way one of the judges came up and gave this to me seeing that you might not come back until the next day, it's your item from last night's competition, one for each of your six Pokémon", Brock said.
Brock hands Ash a navy blue pull tight bag, much similar to the one he kept the broken Pokéball in.
"Oh thanks Brock, but…", Ash replied as he broke off.
"They said not to worry about it considering how quickly you were able to quall the incident", Brock said after a few seconds of silence.
"Oh, ok", Ash softly replied.
"Alright guys come on out," he continued.
Ash throws his four remaining Pokéballs onto the floor for them to receive their item and have breakfast.
"Are you sure there are six; I mean they are a little small to be in this bag?", asked Ash puzzled.
"Don't worry I checked 'em last night, trust me they are there", replied Brock.
Ash loosens the bag and pulls out the contents of the bag; it was a small and squishy and looked like a piece of chewed up gum.
"He said simply place it on the Pokéball on top of the seal enclosure and it will do the rest," replied Brock.
Ash did as he was told and pulled out Pikachu's and Rilou's Pokéballs to allow him to finish.
"He also said once all six are placed on them they will all show there items at once, but you must have six Pokémon for them to receive the benefit", Brock continued.
Ash pulled out a Pokéball tray and placed each Pokéball firmly into place so they wouldn't move while he did this. He placed them into their seal balls and placed the squishy substance onto each of them. Seconds later, staring at each of them he noticed something on Pikachu, it was a pair of navy blue goggles, he looked at Rilou and noticed a top hat, he then looked his remaining Pokémon and saw that they each had a different item somewhere on their bodies. Infernape had a pair of black and red fighting gloves, Cyndaquil had a flaming ball necklace, Totodile has a pirate hat, and Bayleef has a necklace with a seed on it.
"Ash you…when did you customize your Pokéballs?", asked Dawn.
"I did it last night before I feel asleep with Misty; I had Infernape return to the cabin when we arrived at the center and picked up the mod kit," Ash replied.
"I guess I just forgot that I did it", he continued.
The Pokéballs where navy blue top with black and red streaks thrown across the top, with two thunder bolts extruding from the top(kinda like the great ball) with the letters AK engraved on the front.
"Yeah I had been thinking about it for a while since we got on the ship, I also thought about doing Misty's, but I figured she would want to do them together…", Ash said breaking off, wait I don't remember putting this on the design.
Ash looked at the back of the Pokéball and saw a light blue dew drop placed there with MK + AK inside it.
"Misty?", he asked.
"Yes?"
Misty dropped her fork when she saw the Pokéball and pushed her fingers together nervously.
"Eh…heh…heh…he?", Misty replied rubbing the back of her head with her hand.
"Darling?" asked Ash.
Ash put his hand on her chin a lifted her head.
Ash then smacked her across the face and everyone gasps in shock.
Then Misty breaks out of her makeshift fantasy that she thinks was going to happen.
Ash simply pulls her head in close for a sweet romantic kiss.
Suddenly the captain comes on the announcement system with a brief message.
"Attention all passengers and crew members we will be arriving at Pokémon Island in just a few moments, I highly suggest in a calm and orderly fashion everyone return to their rooms and gather their belongings together so that they may be transported off the ship."
Ash and Misty then realize they haven't had a chance to repack as they had been dealing with Rilou; Brock simply states, "Don't worry about it, May and I took care of it for you , just head to your room and grab your cases, they are by the door waiting for you."
"Thanks Brock you da man!", Ash exclaims.
"You too May thanks a lot", Misty follows up.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, Brock laughs as he rubs the back of his head".
"Alright everyone see you on the dock", Ash informs everyone.
Ash wolfs his food down, returns his other Pokémon, and tells Pikachu to take a seat next to Rilou and hang on.
Ash blitzes out of the dining hall for their rooms like a Tauros using takedown.
"Ash slow down there's no need to rush", Misty yells trying to hold onto the chair (and her swollen stomach) for dear life.
By the time he reaches the corner right down the hall he comes to a complete halt and places his arms around Misty to keep her from flying forward. Misty falls back dazed and confused. Ash leaps into the room grabs their brief cases and the rest of their belongings places them onto a nearby hotel cart and begins heading for the edge of the ship where they were to get off.
They arrive just as the ship docks and was ready to unload passengers. They assist him in removing Misty off the boat and placed his luggage down so they can wait for their friends. Ash takes a seat at a nearby bench as to cool off and take a chill pill. Misty awakens moments later, and as May, Brock, and Dawn are unloading Misty can be seen strangling Ash for everything he worth as Pikachu and Rilou sit by the side lines trying to calm them down. Dawn, Brock, and May as they step off the ship begin running to Ash's aid before she kills him.
Ash and friends have arrived at Pokémon Island, and are rarin' to go. What challenges face our hero's next, Find out next time on events Unexpected.